The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
CITY NOTES.

MIR. E. o. Painter, the proprietor of
the DeLand Agrieultarist was in town
yesterday and gave us "A call.
Mr.. Clough, representing The South,
of New York, is in the city in the inter
est of his lively publication.
w. ID. Turnkey, editor of the Florida
Independent, published at Lake Weir,
was in town yesterday. We regret not
being in the office when he called.
Judge w. III. Wigg has just returned
from Tallahassee, where he has been to
look on the legislators in session. He
reports good time, and says the Legis-
lature is making new counties in
hurry.
Asa Amans, formerly one of the en-
gineers ON the Florida Southern Railway,
and one of the most competent men that
ever pulled throttle, is now running
one of the fast mail engines on the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West Railway.
The Board of Trade continues to grow
in membership, and by the meeting
next Monday night fully one hundred
and twenty-five names will have been
enrolled. There We're sixteen applica-
tions filed fer membership during the
last few days.
The city was full of smoke yesterday
from burning piles of trash, and the air
is ladened with the odors of disenfect-
ants. Our people are waking up to the
~. II cIaa nj, nl 20 no
work is kept up we will soon have one
the cleanest towns in America.
An alarm of fire was given about II
O'Clock Yesterday morning, caused by
the house of George Barnes, out in New
town, catching fire, from some cause.
The fire department responded promptly
but the fire was extinguished long be-
fore they reached the premises.
About eighty fine watermelons were
received in Palatka, yesterday, by Gard
ner, Eaton & Co., from Lady Lake
Some of them We're very fine, weighing
as much as forty pounds each. They
were the first of the season offered foi
sale here, and brought good prices.
We do not remember to- have noticed
mosquitoes SO vicious and hungry as the
present crop. Nothing but total annihi-
lation will make one turn loose wher
once he gets his blood sucker clamped
ON person. We are willing to unanani
mously vote the mo'quito a first-class
nuisance. especially those that inhabi
printing offices.
Quite number went up the river last
night on the excursion given by the La
dies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
All left with happy anticipations of 1
most pleasant evening. We sent re
porter along to look after the crowd. ant
he will tell all about what was said anC
done ON board the boat
Yesterday Capt. j. F. Speck showed III
an old copy of the Waterman of til,
South, a religious paper published in Rich
mond, Va, ON July 3. 1888. 1t was
neatly printed sheet, and was among
the papers left by the father of Capt
Speck. He also showed us old copies o
the famous Salem Almanac, which il
said to be more popular than the Bibl
among the people of North Carolina.
A little misunderstanding arose at tn,
engine house, yesterday, after the alarm
of fire, in regard to the hose belongin,
to the hose companies, in whicl
Marshal Manucy, and Messrs. Peter
mann, Loring, Bond and others tool
part. We learn that the matter will b
carried before the Mayor. this morning
when he will be called upon L
straighten the tangled web.